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From Europe… “Five reasons why Europe is cracking up”, e. coli, greek economy, mladic and more…

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Five reasons why Europe is cracking up, José Ignacio Torreblanca from open Democracy News Analysis – by José Ignacio Torreblanca In Germany, France and Italy, but also in many other places, we find ourselves confronted with a generation of leaders ever more shortsighted and given over to electioneering: among them, none speak to Europe nor … Read more

Massive Euro roundup: Mladic arrested, deepening Eurozone crisis, Spanish riots, Grek worries…

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WLCentral will be providing news coverage from Spain on the ongoing #spanishrevolution trough this liveblog. Contact us at @wikileaks_world or wikileaksworld@wikileaksworld.org to help us with footage, information and opinion.15MayRevolution.com provides information in English about the 15M movement. An updated agenda of related protests around the world can be found here. Serbia: Arrest of Ratko Mladic … Read more

Islam in Europe: “Europe?s Most Acute Civilizational Crisis Since WWII” and a Euro roundup…

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  Europe?s Most Acute Civilizational Crisis Since WWII by Reflection Cafe How Muslims Have Been Taken Hostage by Europe?s Most Acute Civilizational Crisis Since WWII Raphaël Liogier, Harvard International Review- Jan 2011 Raphaël Liogier is the director of the Observatoire du religieux (www.world-religion-watch.org) and a University Professor in Sociology and Theory of Knowledge at the … Read more

Gaddafi murders continue in Libya, Bastille Day in Egypt

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  2011-03-06 [UPDATE] Bastille Day in #Egypt, Egyptians Storm Secret Service, US Secretary of Defense, Gates En Route; #Amndawala Leaks launches on Facebook and Twitter from WL Central by carwin biloquist 2011-03-05 Bahrain Clashes Last Night in Hamad Town, Unconfirmed rpts of Pro-Gov ‘Thugs’ with Al Qaeda flag threatening residents. What is happening in Libya … Read more

Twitter and European Public Intellectuals (by Jon Worth) [and a Euro roundup as usual]

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Public intellectuals on Twitter ? where are the Brits (or even the Europeans)?

from Jon Worth

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Romas left unbacked: EU drops Roma charge against Paris

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EU drops Roma charge against Paris from FT.com – World, Europe European Commission drops planned legal action against France over its failure to implement migration law that was mooted in connection with Roma crackdown Is Europe a la Carte the new Integration Model? from Social Europe Journal by Henning Meyer No, this is not a … Read more

Euro roundup: Hungarian sludge disaster…

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Hungarian sludge disaster darkens mood from Wash Post Europe by George Jahn KOLONTAR, Hungary – The disaster that buried three Hungarian villages in caustic red sludge last week is deepening the gloom of a country gripped by recession, polarization and the near-ubiquitous feeling that its people are doomed to be victims of calamity. Hungary: Chemical … Read more

Serbia “apologizes”

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Serbia apologises for Srebrenica massacre

from FT.com – World, Europe
Parliament adopts a resolution that expressed sympathy to victims and apologised for not doing enough to prevent the massacre but stopped short of calling the killings ‘genocide’

MAIN FOCUS: Serbs apologise for Srebrenica | 01/04/2010

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The Serbian parliament on Wednesday officially apologised to the Bosniaks for the Srebrenica Massacre. In July 1995 the general of the Bosnian Serbs, Ratko Mladi?, had around 8,000 Muslim Bosnians murdered and the Serbian leadership failed to intervene. The apology deserves praise, commentators write, even if it is motivated by pragmatic interests.

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“‘Wise men’ discuss EU’s 2020 strategy

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‘Wise men’ discuss EU’s 2020 strategy

from EurActiv.com
Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero hosted a meeting with prominent EU ‘wise men’ in Madrid yesterday (5 January) to discuss Europe’s economic and social strategy for the next decade. EurActiv Spain reports.

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“The top 100 most costly EU regulations” and more

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Cold weather, post Copenhagen blues etc and more from the European agenda…

The top 100 most costly EU regulations

by Open Europe blog team

Open Europe has today published a list of the top 100 most costly EU regulations, detailing the annual cost of the laws, the cumulative cost of them by 2020, and the article base in the Lisbon Treaty for each regulation . We estimate that these laws will in total cost the UK economy a staggering £184 billion by 2020. To put that figure in context: for the same amount, the UK Government could abolish the country’s entire budget deficit and still leave the Exchequer with some £6 bn. All cost estimates are based on the UK Government’s own impact assessments so the figures are instructive.

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Copenhagen Summit and EU agenda roundup

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Arrested demonstrators sit on the ground as they are surrounded ...

Arrested demonstrators sit on the ground as they are surrounded by police during a rally outside the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen December 12, 2009. REUTERS/Christian Charisius

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from BBC News | Europe | World Edition
Climate pressures cloud two-day EU summit

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